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Intern – Fall Co-op – Interior Components and Systems

Intern – Fall Co-op – Interior Components and Systems

CompanyLucid Motors
LocationNewark, CA, USA
Salary$35 – $40
TypeInternship
DegreesBachelor’s, Master’s
Experience LevelInternship

Requirements

  • Basic understanding of how to make plastic and metal parts: injection molding tools, 3D-printing prototypes, die castings, materials and resins, sheet metal manufacturing and other fabrication processes.
  • A mechanically oriented mindset, thinking about how things work, how they are made, how they are assembled and how they benefit from design.
  • Hands-on experience making or fixing parts to improve how they work, how much they cost or how easy they are to make.
  • Great technical communication skills in both thought process, design details and analysis.
  • Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree program at an accredited university.

Responsibilities

  • Own one or more technical projects related to interior components within instrument panel, doors, or center console.
  • Apply data-driven decision making and teamwork to solve complex problems and questions.
  • Design, create and test with prototype parts including 3D prints to improve existing designs and validate their own concepts.
  • Support other engineers on the team in data collection and analysis, component/system design, project management and logistics, physical part testing and validation, and hands-on prototyping.
  • Ask questions, absorb learning, and make the most of this opportunity to grow your skills and knowledge – we’re here to help you as much as you’re here to help us!
  • Assist in a range of supporting duties to broaden exposure (BOM, PLM and change management), as well as helping root cause physical issues and helping to design solutions using Catia 3DX.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Design experience creating a product in CAD and for some form of the manufacturing method. Coursework or extracurricular experience in Mechanical Design, Mechatronics projects, and/or Injection molding for bonus points.
  • Experience in 3D design (e.g. CATIA, Solidworks, AutoCAD, Fusion). DIY design portfolio of scholastic and extracurricular projects.
  • Related work experience in a previous engineering internship in product design.